Trust me, no tortures which the poets feign, can match the fierce, the unutterable pain, he feels, who night and day, devoid of rest, carries his own accuser in his breast

Quote by Juvenal

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Nature, in giving tears to man, confessed that he had a tender heart; this is...

Nature, in giving tears to man, confessed that he had a tender heart; this is...

The traveller with empty pockets will sing in the thief 's face.

The traveller with empty pockets will sing in the thief 's face.

Wisdom to be sure is the great conqueror of Fortune, giving precepts in its sanctified...

Wisdom to be sure is the great conqueror of Fortune, giving precepts in its sanctified...

There is hardly a case in which the dispute was not caused by a woman.

There is hardly a case in which the dispute was not caused by a woman.

Wisdom is the winner over good luck

Wisdom is the winner over good luck

Revenge is always the weak pleasure of a little and narrow mind

Revenge is always the weak pleasure of a little and narrow mind

Poverty is bitter, but it has no harder pang than that it makes men ridiculous.

Poverty is bitter, but it has no harder pang than that it makes men ridiculous.

Revenge is sweet, sweeter than life itself - so say fools

Revenge is sweet, sweeter than life itself - so say fools

One man meets an infamous punishment for that crime which confers a diadem on others

One man meets an infamous punishment for that crime which confers a diadem on others

The brief span of our poor unhappy life to its final hour is hastening on;...

The brief span of our poor unhappy life to its final hour is hastening on;...

Our virtues are most frequently but vices disguised.

Our virtues are most frequently but vices disguised.

The brief span of our poor unhappy life to its final hour is hastening on;...

The brief span of our poor unhappy life to its final hour is hastening on;...

The people that once bestowed commands, consulships, legions, and all else, now concerns itself no...

The people that once bestowed commands, consulships, legions, and all else, now concerns itself no...

All wish to possess knowledge, but few, comparatively speaking, are willing to pay the price.

All wish to possess knowledge, but few, comparatively speaking, are willing to pay the price.

Who you know will get your foot into the door. What you know will keep...

Who you know will get your foot into the door. What you know will keep...

Rare is the union of beauty and purity.

Rare is the union of beauty and purity.

Censure acquits the raven, but pursues the dove.

Censure acquits the raven, but pursues the dove.

Many individuals have, like uncut diamonds, shining qualities beneath a rough exterior.

Many individuals have, like uncut diamonds, shining qualities beneath a rough exterior.

No one ever became extremely wicked suddenly.

No one ever became extremely wicked suddenly.

It is difficult not to write satire.

It is difficult not to write satire.